Srinagar: As the LG administration has been intensifying war against militancy in Kashmir; two more properties have been seized by NIA (National Investigation Agency) on Tuesday in Begum Bagh village of south Kashmir's Pulwama district.
An official said that the property belonging to Mohammed Tika Khan, Son of Abdul Ahad Khan and a resident of Singoo Narbal, was attached by the NIA.
He said that the action was taken under the provisions of UA(P)A by the order of NIA Special Court Jammu.
Attaching properties where encounters (military operations) adhered was started in 2020.
Later, properties belonging to OGWs’ families were also seized. The process also included some accused drug peddlers.
As per Kashmir times report, almost 200 different properties belonging to persons accused in various cases have been attached in Jammu and Kashmir since 2019 and a majority of the seizures worth crores of rupees took place in 2023.
The properties seized and attached include residential houses, business establishments and immoveable properties.
While no official list was available about the total number of properties, a KASHMIR TIMES report stated the estimated number could be around 200.
It also includes seizures of properties owned by family members of the accused. In one such case, the property in the name of grandfather of an OGW accused has been classified as “proceeds of terrorism”.
Earlier, newly appointed DGP Swain said that they are creating a situation where no one supports militancy in Kashmir.
Chronology
Properties Seized in 2019
· March 12: ED attached property worth over INR 1 crore of Zahoor Ahmad Shah Watali in Gurgaon for terror funding probe.
· March 19: ED attached 13 properties of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen terrorists worth INR 1.22 crores.
· July 10: NIA attached property of Dukhtaran-e-Millat chief Asiya Andrabi on Srinagar outskirts.
· November 18: ED confiscated properties of two HM commanders in Pakistan, in Anantnag District.
· November 27: ED seizes properties, worth Rs 6.20 crores, belonging to businessman, Xahoor Watali and his family members.
Properties Seized in 2020
· September 19: NIA attached property of Nazir Ahmad Reshi, father of JeM OGW Irshad Ahmad Reshi, in Pulwama District.
Properties Seized in 2021
· January 25: JKP attached property of a JeM associate in Pulwama District related to a militant attack on SFs.
Properties Seized in 2022
· March 24: Srinagar Police began attaching properties used for militant activities, starting from Srinagar District.
· November 10: Kashmir authorities sealed nine properties, including a school of Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI), in Shopian District.
· December 17: J&K authorities attached property of absconding LeT commander Abdul Rashid in Doda District.
· December 21: Srinagar DM sealed three properties of banned JeI in Srinagar, including a house of late APHC leader Syed Ali Geelani.
Properties seized in 2023
· Jan 9: Attachment of militant Usman Gulzar Wani’s property in Shopian District, J&K.
· Feb 25: SIU of JKP attached properties of Abdul Majid Lone, Muhammad Farooq, and Shah Din Padyar in Ramban District, J&K for grenade attack.
· Mar 1: NIA attached properties of Al Umar Mujahideen Chief Mushtaq Zargar in Srinagar, J&K.
· Mar 3: NIA attached property of HM commander Basit Reshi in Baramulla District, J&K.
· Mar 5: NIA attached property of HM terrorist Bashir Ahmed Peer in Kupwara District, J&K.
· Mar 17: JKP attached property of OGW Mohammad Abdullah Mir in Handwara, Kupwara District, J&K.
· Mar 20 (x2): JKP attached properties of terrorist associates Abdul Majeed Reshi and Mohammad Jamal Malik in Bandipore District, J&K.
· Apr 24: NIA attached two properties of sons of Syed Salahudeen, HM ‘supreme commander’.
· May 10: NIA attached properties of HM and JeM cadres in J&K including land and houses.
· May 29: SIA of JKP sealed 20 shops worth INR 30 million of banned Jamaat-e-Islami in Kupwara District, J&K.
· Jun 8: Recovery of 124 properties by SIA and JKP, 77 of which belonged to Jamat-e-Islami, in J&K.
· Jun 12 (x2): NIA attached properties of APHC leader Ayaz Akbar and businessman Zahoor Ahmed Shah Watali in terror funding cases.
· Jun 16: SIU of JKP attached property of HM commander Almas Rizwan Khan in Kupwara District, J&K.
· Jun 29: JKP attached properties of suspected drug smugglers in Baramulla District, J&K.
· Aug 1: SIU attached property of militant Adul Rashid Qureshi in Kupwara District, J&K.
· Aug 24: Police attached property of a hybrid militant in Bandipore District, J&K.
· Oct 20: Police attached property of absconding Pakistan-based militant Feroz Ganie in Pulwama District, J&K.